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Jubilant Brearley players raise up the coveted NJSIAA trophy shortly after defeating Middlesex, 2-0, this past Friday to capture the Central Jersey, Group 2 state sectional championship. Junior center midfielder Luiggi Cedeno (9) had one of his team's goals in the momentus victory for the Kenilworth school. Next up is South Jersey champion Haddon Township in Tuesday's Group 1 semis. (photos courtesy of Brearley soccer) (continued from page 1) Haddon Township is 15-6-2 and has won four straight, including Friday's 3-2 win at Palmyra in the South Jersey, Group 1 final. The other Tuesday, No. 19 Group 1 semifinal is North 1, Group 1 champion Waldwick (19-5-1) at North 2, Group 1 champ Glen Ridge (15-6-1) at 4 p.m. The Group 1 final is scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 24 at Franklin at 3 p.m. GROUP 1 SEMIFINALS:
Tuesday, Nov. 19 At Glen Ridge: N1 champ Waldwick vs. N2 champ Glen Ridge, 4 p.m. At Haddon Township: CJ champ Brearley vs. SJ champ Haddon Township, 5 p.m. GROUP 1 FINAL: McGowan described both Brearley goals to be very similar. For Skaff it was his first of the year and for Cedeno his team-leading 11th. "Evan battled and hit a shot with his right foot from 20 yards out that reached the corner of the net," McGowan said. "For Luiggi it was pretty much the same. He took control after moving through the middle of the field and with his left foot pushed it right in." Jorge, who McGowan described as very active in taking control of the ball several times inside the box, saved a penalty kick less than five minutes from the end to preserve Brearley's 2-0 advantage and prevent Middlesex from gaining any late-game steam. "Jorge was ridiculous in goal," McGowan said. "This was one of the best games he's ever played. Because if was a short field it seemed like he was always up to the top of the 18-yard line. "He did a masterful job of scooping up the ball. On the penalty kick, he dove left and made the save. That put the game away." Senior forward David Lopes, playing less than 100 percent because of a knee injury he sustained in the first game of the season, tweaked his knee again according to McGowan. "He suffered a minor ACL tear when he twisted his knee," McGowan said. "He's come back to play with a brace and has really given us a great effort. We hope to have him available for the Haddon Township game." Brearley was 4-5-1 after losing at Rahway 5-0 in a first-round Union County Tournament match Oct. 10. Rahway captured the North 2, Group 3 title for the first time since 2019. Other losses were to bigger schools included setbacks to Summit, Roselle, Cranford and Johnson. "It took a while for us to get going," McGowan said. "We were asking some of our kids to play different roles. "Playing those bigger schools gave us a lot of experience and helped shape us." Brearley finished tied for second with Dayton at 4-1-1 behind 5-1 champion Roselle Park in the Union County Conference's Valley Division standings. "You want balance with your schedule," McGowan said. "That's why we schedule the bigger schools, to help prepare us for what comes at season's end." BREARLEY BEARS LINEUP VS. MIDDLESEX
GOALKEEPER: 00-Gabriel Jorge, senior
DEFENSE: 2-Cristiano Pacheco, senior
16-Aaron Toloza, junior 8-Gabriel Ortega, senior 7-Andre Santos, senior MIDFIELD: 9-Luiggi Cedeno, junior
13-Evan Skaff, senior 5-Lucas Santos-Silva, junior FORWARD: 11-Guilherme Santos-Silva, junior
10-David Lopes, senior 20-Logan Pires, junior 2024 CENTRAL JERSEY, GROUP 1 BOYS SOCCER SEEDS: 1-Shore. 2-Florence. 3-Middlesex. 4-Roselle Park.
5-College Achieve Central. 6-Manville. 7-Bound Brook. 8-Piscataway Magnet.
9-Brearley. 10-Highland Park. 11-Point Pleasant Beach. 12-Delaware Valley.
13-Thrive Charter. 14-Metuchen. 15-South Hunterdon. 16-South Amboy.
FIRST ROUND:
Tuesday, Nov. 5 Shore 6, South Amboy 0 - at Shore Brearley 3, Piscataway Magnet 0 - at PM College Achieve Central 5, Delaware Valley 3 - at CAC Roselle Park 2, Thrive Academy 1 - at RP Middlesex 3, Metuchen 0 - at Middlesex Manville 4, Point Pleasant Beach 2 - at Manville Bound Brook 3, Highland Park 0 - at Bound Brook Florence 4, South Hunterdon 1 - at Florence QUARTERFINALS:
Friday, Nov. 8 Brearley 3, Shore 1 - at Shore Roselle Park 3, College Achieve Central 1 - at RP Middlesex 2, Manville 1 - at Middlesex Bound Brook 4, Florence 3 - at Florence SEMIFINALS:
Tuesday, Nov. 12 Brearley 2, Roselle Park 0 - at Roselle Park Middlesex 2, Bound Brook 1 - at Middlesex FINAL:
Friday, Nov. 15 Brearley 2, Middlesex 0 - at Middlesex Follow JR Parachini on 'X' @parachini_jr
Brearley's boys soccer team had to win its state sectional title on the road and away from friendly confines of its spanking, new home field in Kenilworth. (Photo by JR Parachini) Ccopyright 2005 Sideline Chatter - comments - contact the webmaster
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